DeSantis was an officer and Navy lawyer at Gitmo in 2006, when prisoners committed to a mass hunger strike. Guards there ultimately restrained and force-fed many of them using nasal tubes — a practice the United Nations Human Rights Commission deemed a form of torture.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized members of his own party for refusing to hold a special session to help implement President Donald Trump 's immigration policies. In a post and video shared on social media, DeSantis accused Florida Republicans of putting forward a "substantially weaker" legislative proposal.

Our number one goal is to work together with President Trump. Anyone that says anything otherwise is ... not telling the truth.'

The current commissioner,Wilton Simpson, has voted to give drivers licenses and in-state tuition to illegals.'

Florida lawmakers rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis' special session on illegal immigration but immediately segued into their own session with their own version of a similar bill.

Even as DeSantis called the new bill "weaker," legislative Republicans pushed their legislation through the committee process Monday.

The Florida Legislature convened on Monday, as required by the state constitution, for Gov. DeSantis's special session to address immigration enforcement.

Florida Republican lawmakers have defied Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a special session on immigration by tossing out the governor’s proposals and convening their own special legislative session to car

DeSantis has suggested he would veto the legislation rolled out on Monday by leaders of the Florida Legislature.

This was the first time the Republican-controlled legislature denied a Republican governor a special session since the GOP took control in the 1990s.

Gov. Ron DeSantis calling a special legislative session to address illegal immigration isn't a surprise, given the governor's history of pushing policy that has made Florida one of the most unwelcome environments for immigrants who are in the country illegally.